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A Macaw can take off a finger. That parrot took a chunk from under a 
persons eye once after we had warned them to stay away. We had let it 
out on the top of its cage. She did not listen and when I turned my head 
put her face in its face and bingo it ripped a piece of hide from under 
her eye. If it had been higher it would have gotten the eye. Ever wonder 
why pirates wear eye patches? The reason we don't let it out of its cage 
now at rides is not because of the bird but because of the stupidity of 
people who are warned but think they know more than the owner and 
disregard the wishes of the owner.

Bottom line - when you are warned you have a responsibility to heed the 
warning.

Truman

Genevieve wrote:
> Yes but parrots don't rip peoples' arms off.
>
> On Jan 28, 2008 2:50 PM, Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     What is even more amazing is when you tell someone to be careful of an
>     animal and for some reason they know a lot more about your animal than
>     you :-( . My wife has a parrot. Cute little - well not so little - guy
>     but birds will bite and this parrot will when provoked and it is
>     difficult at times to know what will provoke him. He stays in a
>     cage at
>     rides. It truly amazes me when someone comes up to look at him and we
>     tell them to be careful and make sure their fingers stay out of
>     the cage
>     because he has been know to bit and he bites hard - I have scars.
>
>     The next though you know they are sticking their fingers in the cage
>     trying to rub him.
>
>     Truman
>
>
>     Bob Morris wrote:
>     >
>     > When will people remember that they are interfacing with
>     ANIMALS, not
>     > cuddly little balls of fur? And at that, even bunnies can bite!
>     >
>     > Bob
>     >
>     > Bob Morris
>     >
>     > Morris Endurance Enterprises
>     >
>     > Boise, ID
>     >
>     > -----Original Message-----
>     > *From:* ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>     > [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On Behalf Of *Sisu
>     West Ranch
>     > *Sent:* Monday, January 28, 2008 12:07 PM
>     > *To:* 'Ridecamp'
>     > *Subject:* Re: [RC] Biting Horse at Ride
>     >
>     > **"..**What if you took the story below and replaced the word
>     "horse"
>     > with the word "dog" ..."
>     >
>     > Equids can be just as dangerous as dogs. A couple of years a woman I
>     > know went into a pasture to treat a horse she was helping for a
>     > friend. She had been warned that a particular mule in the pasture
>     > might bite. She apparently assumed this meant just don't try to pet
>     > the mule and not "don't turn your back". Anyway, while she bent over
>     > to treat the horse the mule came up behind, bit, held tight and
>     tossed
>     > her across the pasture. She was laid up for quite awhile.
>     >
>     > Ed
>     >
>     > **Ed & Wendy Hauser***
>     > **2994 Mittower Road**
>     > **Victor, MT 59875***
>     >
>     > **(406) 642-9640**
>     >
>     > **ranch(at)sisuwest(dot)us**
>     >
>
>
>     --
>
>     "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a
>     monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also
>     into you." Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
>
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“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a 
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also 
into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil


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